Saturday, February 5, 2011

From the sewingneedle to the crochetneedle

Don't worry. I am not trading my sewing for crocheting. It's just that I wanted to show you that I can do more than just spin the sewingmachine-wheel. In fact I have been doing artsy-crafty things throughout my whole life. I think I have been embroidering since I was 7 years old, and I had a booming knitting-period in my teen-years. But the last twenty years or so, not much has been going on in that area. Embroidering close to none. Knitting, euhm.....a few scarfs. And every now and then some crocheting.

I didn't have any plans to pick up a crochet-project at all but recently I saw a very, very cute ball of yarn in the fabricstore and I thought immediately that it would be great to make something with it.
And this is what I've done so far. Size-wise, I'm about halfway:

The pattern is from an old book I've got. It looks very 'seventies-dated' to me. And these kind of little rugs are somewhat oldfashioned I think, but the changing colours of the yarn gives it a modern twist that I like.
The yarn is really beautiful and as usual the pictures are not doing justice to the real colours. What looks like yellow is actually more of a green colour:

Since I have no sewingrelated things to show you I thought it would be nice to show and write about this. Bus as I said, don't worry, I'll be back with fabric and ideas for new projects.

When I finally will be able to put my feet up this afternoon I'm going to enjoy the March-issue of KnipMode. It's lying right in front of me and I just can't wait. The cover shouts spring!

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About Me

Hi! This Dutchie's greatest hobby is sewing. I have been doing it since I was about 14 years old. Still can remember my first real sewing job: hemming a sheet. A straight line of stitches....and I was sold. Once I bought my own sewingmachine I started whipping up all kinds of clothes and haven't stopped since. Enjoy my adventures in sewingland.